Where Are They Now? An Interview with Anne Liu Kellor
In this series, our editors interview past Literary Mama contributors to see what they’ve accomplished since publishing in LM and talk about their writing journeys. This week, Literary Reflections...
View Article10 Writing Prompts for April
What better month to reignite that creative spark than April? A month of spring, blooming, and renewal – nature is enough to inspire some beautiful writing. Whether you write fiction, creative...
View ArticleCalls for Submissions–April 2023
Welcome to our Calls for Submissions page. Here, we’ll feature new publication opportunities for all our Mama readers. Look for updated posts every other month. If there is a ❤️ next to a call, that...
View ArticleCall for Submissions: Literary Reflections
The Literary Reflections Department at Literary Mama is seeking submissions for our July/August 2023 publication. We are looking for original first-person essays about the intersection of parenthood...
View ArticleMeet the Intern!
Hello! My name is Isabella Vassallo, and I’m interning for Literary Mama this spring. I am from Rocky Hill, Connecticut and am currently a student at and on track to graduate this spring from Central...
View Article100 Words of Advice from Crystal Rowe, Creative Nonfiction Editor
If you’re like me, typing is faster than writing by hand. Often I get stuck staring at a blinking cursor. Recently, I discovered a trick to get the words flowing. Print the piece you’re working on....
View ArticleWhat Writing Looks Like With a 2-Year-Old
Once upon a time, I wrote for two hours a day. I woke up before the sun and worked on a manuscript while my coffee was hot and my brain was firing on, filling my mornings with my favorite thing to do...
View ArticleWriting in Nuggets: What Writing Looks Like With Tweens
My youngest, who is almost nine, sits at the kitchen table with her math notebook, working on multiplication tables. I sit beside her, my hands wrapped tightly around a warm mug of tea, waiting for her...
View ArticleWhat Writing Looks Like With Teens/Young Adults
When I was a kid, our family of four lived in a home with one bathroom, and I recall deciding, whenever my mother was in the bathtub, that I needed to speak with her at that moment about something...
View Article10 Writing Prompts for May
Mamas, May is our month. Literally, we get a whole day dedicated to us this month. Take advantage of people wanting to spoil you by asking for some time to yourself to simply write. Need a little...
View Article100 Words of Writing Advice from Carrie Vittitoe, Blog Editor
Type. Think. Type again. Delete, delete, delete. Type. Delete, delete, delete. Ask “Why am I even doing this?” Fold laundry. Take a walk. Have a brilliant idea. Forget the brilliant idea. Take a...
View ArticleWhen Mother’s Day Doesn’t Meet Your Expectations
I thought my first Mother’s Day was going to be blissful. I’m someone who loves my birthday (and being spoiled!), so I thought Mother’s Day would be another opportunity in the year to feel special and...
View ArticleNow Reading–May 2023
Summer approaches, which means it is time to find the books that you’ll keep in your bag that you take to the pool or day-long sporting events for the kids or to the beach or mountains on a family...
View ArticleCall for Submissions: Literary Reflections
The Literary Reflections department is looking for original first-person essays about the intersection of parenthood and the creative process, and we welcome perspectives from all genders. For the...
View Article20th Anniversary: What Literary Mama Means To Me
It was one of those moments that is hard to describe. An email arrived in my inbox in December 2018 from Felicity Landa and Colleen Kearney Rich, then fiction editors at Literary Mama, about the...
View Article10 Writing Prompts for July
Having trouble getting into your writer’s seat this summer? Hopefully you’re off making amazing memories that will inspire future essays and stories, but if you do find yourself at a coffee shop with a...
View ArticleCalls for Submissions Summer 2023
Welcome to our Calls for Submissions page. Here, we’ll feature new publication opportunities for all our Mama readers. Look for updated posts every other month. Don’t see a favorite magazine? Some...
View Article5 Quick Creative Writing Exercises for Busy Mamas
If you’re reading this, you know how hard it is to make time for writing as a mom. After changing diapers to cleaning up messes and helping with homework and cleaning up more messes, it’s not always...
View ArticleThe Joy of Splicing
At 7:30 on a Monday morning in the high school office, I listen as the principal explains to my ex-husband how he will mentor, not fire, the wrestling-coach-turned-algebra-teacher who called our older...
View ArticleReclaiming Pink Power: Femmephobia and the Barbie
As a queer feminist sexuality researcher, I didn’t quite know what to expect when going to see the Barbie movie. People often perceive me as femme, but I don’t identify that way. My research delves...
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